Name meaning & stats
Malinda
Malinda means “sweet, gentle (a coinage)”. 17,544 US babies since 1940, peak 1969.
What it means
“sweet, gentle (a coinage)”
Form of Melinda
In US birth records
Peak year: 1969
17,544 US babies were named Malinda between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Malinda (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Malinda is the main spelling
- Malinda 95%
- Malynda 5%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1969)